Wheel-plow.



PATENTED FEB. 3, 1903.

N. SANDERS. WHEEL PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1902.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

N0 MODEL.

No. 719,696. PATENTED FEB. 3, 1903. N. SANDERS.

WHEEL PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1902 N0 MODEL.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Ira/c7125? llNiTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NEWELL SANDERS, OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

WHEEL-PLOW.

SPEGIFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No."719,696, dated February 3, 1903.

, Application and July 23, 1902. Serialllo.116,724. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it i; nown that l, NEWELL SANDERS,a citizen of the United States, residing at Chattanooga, Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheel-Flows, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wheel-plows, and

' more particularly to multiple plows of the vide a simple and effective manner for changing the line of draft to suit a single, double, triple, or larger plow. I i

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whioh- Figure tie a plan view. Fig. 2 is a front sectional elevation, and Fig. 3 is a detail plan view. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a modification. Fig. 5 is a modified form of tongue.

In the drawings 1 have shown onlythose parts which are necessary for a proper understanding of the invention and have omitted some parts and details which, it will be understood, may be of any desired construction. Referring by reference-letter to the parts shown, A, A, and A represent, respectively, first, second, and third beams, which are connected by spacing or coupling blocks B and l? and which beams carry the usual furrowturniug devices, such as rotary disks, which are indicated by dotted lines.- A block or member B, similar to blocks B and B is socured to the first beam A, and by this the furrow-wheel C is carried in any suitable manner either directly or indirectly. Thetongne is shown at D, and in order that this may be secured to the plow at different points to change the line of draft according to varying conditions each of the blocks B, B", and B is provided with holes 21, preferably three in number, though anynumber may be used, and bolts d, passing through these holes and corresponding holes in the tongue, secure said tongue removably in place. I

It is often desirable to deflect the tongue to one side or the other, and I provide for/this by making extra holes either in the blocks or in the tongue, or in both, by which means the tongue may be placed straight or deflected to one side or the other, as clearly indicated in Fig. 3.

It will be observed that 1 preferably provide seven holes in one of the members, which may be either in the coupling-block, as shown in Fig. 4, or in the tongue, as shown in Fig. 5. The seven holes form three sets, cooperating with the three holes in the other member to produce three diflferent adjustments of' the tongue. For instance, the holes b, b, and b will form one set of holes, b, b, and 1) another set, and the holes b b and b the third set or group. The holes b and b are equidistant from or on a line concentric with the hole b and likewise the holes b and b are ,on a line concentric with the hole b When the tongue is extended straight ahead, the rear securing-bolt will be passed through the central opening I) and bolts d and d through the holes b and b, respectively. Should, however, it be desired to deflect the tongue to the left, as shown in full lines in Fig. 3, the bolts (1 and d are removed and the tongue swung on the bolt d as a pivot, and as the holes 19, b b and Marc arranged on a line or lines concentric with the hole b it will beseen that the holes in one member say the tongue-are brought into line with the exra set in the other member, as shown at d and d in Fig. 3, and the tongue may thus be securely clamped in this adjusted position. If, on the contrary, the tongueis to be deflected to the right, the bolts (1 and d are removed and the tongue swung on the bolt (1 as a pivot, and as the holes I), b, b and b are arranged on a line or lines concentric with the hole I) a similar alinement of the extra holes will -take place, as previously described, and the'tongue may be securely clamped in the position of inclination indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

Instead of aframe made up of beams joined by coupling-blocks I may use a single rigid bar member G, arranged diagonally to the beams A, A, and A and ,to which said beauih are rigidly though detachably bolted.

In Fig. 5 I have shown the tongue as provided with the plurality of sets of holes.

It will be understood that while I have shown a three-disk plow I do not limit my too self as to the number; but the plow may have anynumber of furrow-opening devices and the corresponding number of adjustments made for the tongue. Having thus described "my invention, what I claim is- I 1. In a gang or multiple plow, a tongue and means for connecting it thereto at points varying in distance from the front of the plow and also varying in distance from the side of the plow, substantially as described.

2. In a gang or multiple plow, a frame having a plurality of detachably-conuected furrow-opening devices, a series of sets of holes in said frame arranged diagonally of the plow, a tongue having corresponding holes, and bolts for connecting said tongue to any one set of the series, substantially as described.

3. In a gang o'rmultiple plow, a frame comprising a plurality of beams and connected spacing-blocks,a tongue, and means whereby said tongue may be detachably and ad-- justably connected to any one of said blocks, substantially as described. 4. In a plow, a frame and a tongue, one o [SEAL l Correction in Letters Patent No. 7l9,696.

said parts having a set of holes and the other a corresponding set, bolts passing through said holes for securing the parts together,said

and the tongue sprung to bring the extra holes of the one part into alinement with corresponding holes of the other part, substan-v tially as described.

5. In a plow, a frame, a tongue, one of said parts having a set of holes, and the other a plurality of sets, said plurality comprising the intermediate holes b b and I), a pair of holes I) and 19 arranged on a circle concentric with the hole 19 and a second pair ot-holes b and b ona circle concentric with the hole I) and bolts for passing through the holes and connecting said parts together, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NEWELL SANDERS. Witnesses:

Tnos. B. STAPP, A. W. LANTER, Jr.

1 It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 719,696, granted February 3, 1903, upon the application of Newell Sanders, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, for an improvement in Wheel-Flows, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 33, page 2, the word sprung should read swung; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice."

Signed and sealed this 21st day of July, A. D., 1903.

E. B'. MOORE,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

